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Attempting to kill his brother Arvino, whose wife he desires, Pagano kills his father by mistake. To expiate his crime, he becomes a hermit in the Holy Land. Arvino comes to the Holy Land with his daughter Giselda who is captured by the tyrant of Antioch, Acciano, and falls in love with the tyrant's son Oronte. Oronte is mortally wounded in an escape with Giselda; he is baptised by the hermit who later dies forgiven in the arms of his brother, Arvino.Read more...

music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Temistocle Solera ; presented by National Video Corporation in association with Radiotelevisione italiana ; produced by Gabriele Lavia ; directed for television by Brian Large.

Abstract:

Attempting to kill his brother Arvino, whose wife he desires, Pagano kills his father by mistake. To expiate his crime, he becomes a hermit in the Holy Land. Arvino comes to the Holy Land with his daughter Giselda who is captured by the tyrant of Antioch, Acciano, and falls in love with the tyrant's son Oronte. Oronte is mortally wounded in an escape with Giselda; he is baptised by the hermit who later dies forgiven in the arms of his brother, Arvino.

"Attempting to kill his brother Arvino, whose wife he desires, Pagano kills his father by mistake. To expiate his crime, he becomes a hermit in the Holy Land. Arvino comes to the Holy Land with his daughter Giselda who is captured by the tyrant of Antioch, Acciano, and falls in love with the tyrant's son Oronte. Oronte is mortally wounded in an escape with Giselda; he is baptised by the hermit who later dies forgiven in the arms of his brother, Arvino."